The Football Brainiacs

1. Alright let’s get this thing rolling.  Here’s a read option right with a lead blocker (Ripkowski)  The guy Trevor’s reading has the blue arrow pointing at the top of his head.  Rip’s, Clay’s and Trevors path are outlined up top, and Derek Farniok is shown below.

1. (cont.) A split second later off the keep you see the great lane opened up.  He gets a gain of 9 for the first down.

2. On the next play we go zone read back to the left, with the counter action we’ll use later in the game.  The right blue arrow shows #92 with his shoulders turned.  Trevor makes the correct read and pulls it.  Derek, top red arrow is up on the linebacker, and the outside o-state defender is literally caught in the middle.

2. (cont.) A frame later, Trevor’s north and south.  Derek has his man driven six yards off the ball(not bad for a guy who didn’t play well :-D).  The o-state defender is still flat footed…

2. (cont.) Trevor gets a gain of 12, and guess who that is in the red circle hustling downfield?  Yep, that Farniok guy.  Jalen also hustling to get a block.

3. On this play here, Daryl just missed.  It happens.  Had he been able to lock the guy up, this most likely is a big play.  Ikard would have taken his guy by the hole, and let Trevor cut back left off of his block.  Then Trevor would again been cutting off of Rips block to the left.

3. (cont.) You can see all of the green grass and open space if we execute there.

4. I had mentioned in my initial thoughts how Derek has to work on his technique.  more specifically dropping his hands.  Look here at Derek’s hands.  You’d like to see those elbows bent and the hands up by his chest ready to unload on this cat as he gets closer.

4. (cont.) If Derek’s hands are cocked and loaded, he buries this punk as he tries to pull this crap (sorry I don’t like defensive players unless they’re on my team).  The o-state defender puts it into four wheel drive(using his left hand to maintain balance), and beats Derek around the corner.  The rest of the o line holding court.

4. (cont.) Again, this never happens if Derek uses those hands and buries the guy as he tries to turn the corner on em.  He’ll learn it. If he gives Trevor more time here, he may be able to take off and run a little bit.  Saunders would have come open over the middle if Trevor draws that linebacker to him.

5. This is a designed give, designed as a read option.  Daryl has a guy playing on his outside shoulder and crashes hard on the dive.  Nila let’s Barnett spin out on em, and it ends up looking like we got dominated but…

5. (cont.) Look at the path that Trevor would have had if he had pulled the ball.  Now I’m not in the huddle, but if it’s not a called give, it’s a bad read because Daryl, Rip and Brannon have their guys locked up with Jalen going to seal that other guy off up top.  I bet ya that Trevor scores here if he pulls the ball or had the option to.

6. Here on 2nd and short, the blue arrow is Derek Farniok.  He does a great job on the down block, which I think is one of his strengths.

6. (cont.) A frame later, you see the top wall, Derek sticking with his man, and another great block on the bottom by Brannon Green.

6. (cont.) Keep in mind that this was on a 2nd and 1 with the line of scrimmage at the 32.  Brennan picks up a gain of seven out to the 39.  Look at Bronson makin’ tortillas again.  Does anyone on the team play harder??  Oh yeah, guess who’s finishing off his man SEVEN YARDS DOWNFIELD IN SHORT YARDAGE?  Farniok.

7. This is just a wham play.  Like a trap, but you’re trapping with your h-back (Rip).  Check the bottom arrow Nila…

7. (cont.) The blue arrow shows why Calvin Barnett is just a really good player.  Look at the green grass outside if we give Trevor the ball on the bootleg…

7. (cont.) Right here I’d like to see Brennan take a drop step and bounce this outside.  As he would have done that, Jalen earholes that cat on the hash, and Trevor is a lead blocker for him.  Also, one of my old college teammates and I were texting, and he was actually one of my running backs.  He said, did you see that cutback lane to the left?  Check it out…

8. This is the play I mentioned in my initial Farniok thoughts post.  O-State runs a twist bottom side with Calvin Barnett going outside, and the stand up defensive end going into the b gap.  Note that the d end is backed off of the line of scrimmage just a little bit.  This gives him a better angle to get straight down into that b gap.

8. (cont.) Right here, Bronson has to realize the play design, and understand if Barnett wants to go outside, to just let em go.  We’re going zone read right, so there’s no way Calvin can change direction quick enough to get back in on the play.  At this point, Farniok’s screwed, and the only one who can physically make the block is Bronson.  Essentially Barnett is blocking Farniok, and the o-state defense is banking on confusion which is what they got.

 

8. (cont.) By the time that Derek is able to fight across there it’s too late.  Derek ends up looking bad when it wasn’t his fault.  Nila ends up pushing his guy past the hole here, and that’s why I drew the line going straight through him, since a second later he isn’t there.  Had we executed on the twist, we gash them here.  I’m not saying we score, but you never know if Clay’s able to hit the gas as soon as he got the ball.

9. Great punt returners always make the first guy miss.  Jalen does ya one better here and makes two of em miss…

9. (cont.) Literally, as quick as I could pause it, Jalen’s north and south and past those two guys in the last picture.

9. (cont.) Right here, Ahmad Thomas makes THE block that springs Jalen.  Second time he’s sprung Jalen for a return TD this year.  Florida kid doin work!

9. (cont.) At this point it’s all over, but I just liked taking pictures of it!

9. (cont.) Sweet, sweet cowboy tears…

9. (cont.) Coach Norvell getting up high!